Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THRENOS, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O world! O life! O time! Last Line: No more, -- o nevermore! Variant Title(s): A Lament Subject(s): Adversity | ||||||||
O World! O Life! O Time! On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime? No more, -- O nevermore! Out of the day and night A joy has taken flight: Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar More my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, -- O nevermore! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LA RONDE DU DIABLE by AMY LOWELL ON THIS DAY I COMPLETE MY THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR by GEORGE GORDON BYRON OVER THE HILL TO THE POOR-HOUSE by WILLIAM MCKENDREE CARLETON THREE GRAINS OF CORN; THE IRISH FAMINE by AMELIA BLANDFORD EDWARDS HYMN TO ADVERSITY by THOMAS GRAY THE LAST LEAF by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THE VOICELESS by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG: HER BIRTH by THOMAS HOOD A DIRGE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY ADONAIS; AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF JOHN KEATS by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY |
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